Neldner Road Shiraz 2021

Dave Powell’s new label can be expected to provide some stellar wines, and no one will be disappointed with this thrilling Barossa Shiraz. Coming from a great vintage for the region no doubt helps. Under cork. The colour here is an inky black maroon with dark magenta on the rim. The immediate impression is of a gorgeous but typically Barossa nose, supported by just the merest flick of oak – look hard or you’ll miss it, so deftly has it been handled. The nose exhibits notes of mocha, cassis, a hint of vanilla, beef stock, coffee beans, blackberries, licorice and plums. There is excellent balance throughout, and the silkiest of tannins with very good length, and a lingering finish. This will drink beautifully for a good decade, likely more. Hardly everyday drinking but there are a lot of wines, from here and elsewhere, at this price and higher which do not come close.